They wouldnt let us pay for gas or anything, so the best I can do is Blog Props: Mark and his Super Awesome Girlfriend are AWESOME!!!

There is this company that offers tours around Banff– White Mountain Adventures, something like that. Yeah… all the trips they offer? MARK AND HIS SUPER AWESOME GIRLFRIEND TOOK ME AND BOSSMAN ON ALL OF THEM. ALL OF THEM. AWESOME!

Technically, they didnt take us on a dog-sledding tour, but the substitution was better– I got to have two snuggly weenie dogs curled up on my lap for part of the trip. Two snuggly puppies, enjoying the beautiful scenery, this was my thing.

But Bossman, Mark, and Marks Super Awesome Girlfriend were wild mountain trekking all over the place! There are hysterical photos (and possibly video) in the works of Abbie looking like a clumsy giraffe…

D.C, Optimus– Dudes, you have no idea. Bossman was like “COMMON! Youre athletic!” And I was like “No… not really. I just look like I am. Its all a lie.”

It was like that scene in ‘Waynes World’, where Garth gets abandoned on-air? And hes like “This is fun… Im having a good… *hard swallow* time… NOT!”

Meanwhile, Bossman, Mark, and Marks Super Awesome Girlfriend were traipsing about like it was nothing!

ROFL!!!

Mark– No rush, man… no rush… LOL! We got a whole troupe of folks from UAB to go on that canyon trip. They came back covered in mud, and were like “OMFG YOU WERENT EXAGGERATING!!!! I THOUGHT WE WERE GONNA DIE!!” HAAAAAHAHAHA!!

FWIW, it’s something I do every year: 1200 feet to 11000 feet. Roadkill isn’t even close — and then there are the people who live up there (sleeping at 11000 feet all year) and literally run up trails.

Yep. Nothing like going gymming with a friend who has been living at sea level and seeing them struggle exasperated through their first workout back at altitude. Conversely, doing cardio down at their level made you feel like you could do marathons.

I don’t think it was the altitude – Abbie is exaggerating her difficulties (and understating ours)! It only took her a few minutes to master the icy-path shuffle. She made it up and down the path without once landing on her ass! That’s not easy on a sloping path that’s as slick as a luge track!

I don’t think it was the altitude – Abbie is exaggerating her difficulties (and understating ours)! It only took her a few minutes to master the icy-path shuffle. She made it up and down the path without once landing on her ass! That’s not easy on a sloping path that’s as slick as a luge track!

You put a poor flatland woman from snow-never-sticks country on an icy mountain path?